Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon

A friend asked me what it’s like to play Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon, and I had a difficult time describing it. The problem is that there’s no other game exactly like it. I had to reach back to the NES days to come up with a comparison.

“Well, it’s like a game that fixes all of Ghostbusters problem so much that it’s not recognizeable.” I made the comparison because you do similar things. Players in both titles get rid of phantoms. In Ghostbusters, it’s a proton pack. With Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon, Mario’s brother uses a suped-up vacuum cleaner. They’re presented in similar perspectives but that’s where the comparisons end.